"Farewell, farewell to thee, Araby's daughter! Thus warbled a Peri beneath the dark sea."

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"To live and die in scenes like this, With some we 've left behind us."

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"A friendship that like love is warm; A love like friendship, steady."

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"And the tear that we shed, though in secret it rolls, Shall long keep his memory green in our souls."

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"Those evening bells! those evening bells! How many a tale their music tells Of youth and home, and that sweet time When last I heard their soothing chime!"

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"Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish; Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal."

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"The light that lies In woman's eyes."

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"Oh, weep for the hour When to Eveleen's bower The lord of the valley with false vows came."

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"Who ran Through each mode of the lyre, and was master of all."

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"And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers Is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns."

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"Ay, down to the dust with them, slaves as they are! From this hour let the blood in their dastardly veins, That shrunk at the first touch of Liberty's war, Be wasted for tyrants, or stagnate in chains."

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"I give thee all,--I can no more, Though poor the off'ring be; My heart and lute are all the store That I can bring to thee."

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"When twilight dews are falling soft Upon the rosy sea, love, I watch the star whose beam so oft Has lighted me to thee, love."

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"Shall I ask the brave soldier who fights by my side In the cause of mankind, if our creeds agree?"

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"And when once the young heart of a maiden is stolen, The maiden herself will steal after it soon."

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"When did morning ever break, And find such beaming eyes awake?"

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"How shall we rank thee upon glory's page, Thou more than soldier, and just less than sage?"

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"When true hearts lie wither'd And fond ones are flown, Oh, who would inhabit This bleak world alone?"

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"Oft in the stilly night, Ere slumber's chain has bound me, Fond memory brings the light Of other days around me; The smiles, the tears, Of boyhood's years, The words of love then spoken; The eyes that shone Now dimmed and gone, The cheerful hearts now broken."

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"'T is believ'd that this harp which I wake now for thee Was a siren of old who sung under the sea."

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"Oh for a tongue to curse the slave Whose treason, like a deadly blight, Comes o'er the councils of the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might!"

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"The minds of some of our statesmen, like the pupil of the human eye, contract themselves the more, the stronger light there is shed upon them."

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"Faintly as tolls the evening chime, Our voices keep tune and our oars keep time."

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"Oh, ever thus, from childhood's hour, I 've seen my fondest hopes decay; I never loved a tree or flower But 't was the first to fade away. I never nurs'd a dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye, But when it came to know me well And love me, it was sure to die."

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"One morn a Peri at the gate Of Eden stood disconsolate."

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"To Greece we give our shining blades."

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"Weep on! and as thy sorrows flow, I 'll taste the luxury of woe."

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"When thus the heart is in a vein Of tender thought, the simplest strain Can touch it with peculiar power."

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"Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast, The rapids are near, and the daylight 's past."

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"My only books Were woman's looks,-- And folly 's all they 've taught me."

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"All that 's bright must fade,-- The brightest still the fleetest; All that 's sweet was made But to be lost when sweetest."

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"Oh, breathe not his name! let it sleep in the shade, Where cold and unhonour'd his relics are laid,"

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"A Persian's heaven is eas'ly made: 'T is but black eyes and lemonade."

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"This world is all a fleeting show, For man's illusion given; The smiles of joy, the tears of woe, Deceitful shine, deceitful flow,-- There 's nothing true but Heaven."

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"To sigh, yet feel no pain; To weep, yet scarce know why; To sport an hour with Beauty's chain, Then throw it idly by."

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"The bird let loose in Eastern skies, Returning fondly home, Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, nor flies Where idle warblers roam; But high she shoots through air and light, Above all low delay, Where nothing earthly bounds her flight, Nor shadow dims her way."

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"As still to the star of its worship, though clouded, The needle points faithfully o'er the dim sea, So dark when I roam in this wintry world shrouded, The hope of my spirit turns trembling to Thee."

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"To live with them is far less sweet Than to remember thee."

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"If thou would'st have me sing and play As once I play'd and sung, First take this time-worn lute away, And bring one freshly strung."

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"But Faith, fanatic Faith, once wedded fast To some dear falsehood, hugs it to the last."

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"Take all the pleasures of all the spheres, And multiply each through endless years,-- One minute of heaven is worth them all."

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"Who has not felt how sadly sweet The dream of home, the dream of home, Steals o'er the heart, too soon to fleet, When far o'er sea or land we roam?"

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"Sound the loud timbrel o'er Egypt's dark sea! Jehovah has triumph'd,--his people are free."

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"If I speak to thee in friendship's name, Thou think'st I speak too coldly; If I mention love's devoted flame, Thou say'st I speak too boldly."

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"Approbation from Sir Hubert Stanley is praise indeed."

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"What will Mrs. Grundy say?"

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"Push on,--keep moving."

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"A pampered menial drove me from the door."

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"Pity the sorrows of a poor old man, Whose trembling limbs have borne him to your door, Whose days are dwindled to the shortest span; Oh give relief, and Heaven will bless your store."

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"Rattle his bones over the stones! He 's only a pauper, whom nobody owns!"

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